Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पश्येयं त्वत्प्रसादेन भवन्तं पार्वतीं तथा । तीर्थं लोकेषु विख्यातं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्

Transliteration

paśyeyaṃ tvatprasādena bhavantaṃ pārvatīṃ tathā | tīrthaṃ lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

Translation

നിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഞാൻ നിന്നെയും പാർവതീദേവിയെയും ദർശിക്കട്ടെ. സകലലോകങ്ങളിലും പ്രസിദ്ധമായ, എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളും ക്ഷയിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഒരു തീർത്ഥവും ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• पश्येयम्: may I see
• पश्येयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 1st person, Singular

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भवन्तम्: you (honored one)
• भवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Pronoun (honorific), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय — Indeclinable (also/likewise)

• तीर्थम्: holy place/pilgrimage site
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विख्यातम्: renowned
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्यात (कृदन्त; ख्या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Past participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular (तीर्थम् इति विशेषणम्)

• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + क्षय + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (तीर्थम् इति विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Revā tīrtha (to be identified from surrounding adhyāya context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada prays to behold Śiva together with Pārvatī; simultaneously, a luminous tīrtha manifests or is envisioned—radiant waters signifying universal sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva and Pārvatī and the establishment of a tīrtha are linked: divine presence purifies and uplifts the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha to be made famous across the worlds as ‘sarva-pāpa-kṣaya’ (destroyer of all sins), associated with the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s purificatory power and the grace-based darśana.